Week 16 has been a roller coaster ride of emotions across the league as teams are attempting to finalize playoff or draft positioning with just two weeks left to play in the 2019 regular season. Tonight, the Sunday action finishes off with the Kansas City Chiefs traveling to Chicago to take on the Bears. The Monsters of the Midway can’t make it into the postseason but they can keep the Chiefs from getting a first-round bye if they win tonight.
It won’t be easy as Patrick Mahomes and Andy Reid have set the football world ablaze since joining forces last season. Mahomes can do any and everything that you ask of a quarterback and more. Then add in the schemes and genius of Reid and this offense hasn’t really ever been slowed down for long. The Chiefs are about as healthy as they’ve been since the beginning of the season and with the potential to jump up to the two spot will make them hungry for victory tonight.
Chicago will counter with Khalil Mack and a strong defensive unit that will ramp up the pressure on Mahomes all night long. The Bears might not have been able to replicate their record from last season but that hasn’t been from a lack of effort by the defense. A big performance tonight would cement their status as one of the top groups in the league and remind the rest of the NFL why they were so feared a season ago. Meanwhile, Mitchell Trubisky and the offense have struggled. Former Reid assistant, Matt Nagy has been unable to keep the offensive magic alive for a second year. Kansas City isn’t know for their defense but with both teams running similar sets it will be interesting to see if one team has a leg up on the other.
PREDICTION: CHIEFS 33 , BEARS 21
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